South Whidbey State Park — Sunday, Sep. 3, 2017

Puget Sound and Islands > Whidbey Island

Nice forestwalking on a couple of shorter trails. Not too steep, pleasant walking, but nothing too spectacular (aside from the 500 year old cedar that is definitely an eyecatcher..). The walks towards the beach are definitely the ones with the nicer view; the very short Hobbit Trail will get to a lovely lookout with a bench from where you can see the water and the Olympics. Another short trail (albeit technically closed right now due to washouts, ahem) leads to a nice beach with the same view of the Olympics and lets you observe an amazing sunset if the weather allows it. The washouts are not to be taken too lightly - there is a spot where it gets really narrow and you walk very close to the edge and right before the beach it gets very steep - but should by no means prevent anyone with a sturdy pair of shoes to get to the beach. Would not recommend this with children or in flip flops or the like. Bugs were out and buzzing about happily, got bitten by a couple of mosquitoes but nothing too bad. Was happy not to see any trash or dog feces on the way like I'd encountered a couple of times on other trails these past days. Restrooms were in really good condition (clean, had paper and soap - yay) which was also a nice change.